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GAR STARTER.

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UNITED STATT-is PATENT OFFICE.-

EDUARD GERIG, OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

CAR-STA RTE R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,185, dated November 7, 1882.

Application filed September 20, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDUARD GERIG, acitizen ofthe Kingdom of Prussia, in the Empire ot' Germany, residing at Berlin, in the Kingdom of Prussia, in the Empire of Germany, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gar-Starters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a car-starter, the action of which depends upon a lever-pawl which is actuated by the draft-bar, and which acts upon a ratchet-wheel mounted on the caraxle. The peculiar construction of my apparatus, which forms the subject-matter of this present invention, is pointed out in the following specification.

rlhis invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, ill which Figure l represents a side elevation of my car-starting mechanism. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a front view of one ot' the lever-pawls and the ratchet-wheel on which said lever-pawl acts, on a larger scale than the previous iigures. Fig. et is a side elevation of the same. Figs. 5 and 6 are details, which will be referred to as the description progresses.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A designates a horse-car of any well-known construction. It is supported by two pairs of wheels, B B', which are mounted on axles C C', respectively. 0n the axle C is loosely mounted a doublearmed lever, D, the long arm of which connects by a rope or chain, a, with the draft-bar E, while the short arm of said lever carries a pawl, F. The rope or chain a passes over a pulley, b, which turns loosely on a stud, c, projecting from a bracket that is firmly secured to the bottom of the car, Fig. 2. The pawl F swings on a pin, d, secured in or projecting from the short arm of the lever D, and it (the pawl) can be thrown in gear with a ratchetwheel, G. which is firmly mounted on the caraxle C. The draft-bar E slides in brackets d d, secured to the bottom of the car, and in brackets e 6*, secured to the under surface of the platform H, and between the last named brackets is a collar, f, firmly secured to the draft-bar, so that by said collar the motion of the draft-bar is confined within certain limits.

On the draft-bar is firmly secured an arm, I, a detached view of which is shown in Fig. 5. In this arm is firmly secured a rod, J, Figs. 3 and 4, which extends loosely through a lug, g, projecting from the pawl F. On this rod are secured two springs or tappets, 7L ht, one close to the arm I and the other near its outer end. From the back of the pawl F extends a nose, t', and from the short arm of the lever D projects a pin,j. On the long arm of said lever is secured a weight, k. When the lever is permitted to follow the action of the weight k the draft-bar is drawn in 4until the collarf strikes the brackct'e, and it the team is hitched to the draft-bar and driven forward the draft-bar moves out, the leverD is raised, and the wheels B are turned in the direction of the arrow (marked thereon in Fig. l) before the collarf on the draft-bar strikes the bracket et, and consequently the car is started from its state ot' rest by the action of the lever-pawl,and with comparatively little exertion on the part ofthe team. As the draft-bar is being drawn out the rod J slides through the lug g of the pawl F, and finally the spring It* strikes said lug, and the pawl F is thrown back out .of gear with the ratchet-wheel -Gjust before the collar f strikes the bracket When the pawl is thrown back its nose t strikes the pinj, and the pawl is retained in the proper position to be thrown in gear whenever the lever D is permitted to follow the action ot' its weight lo. At the moment the collarfstrikes the bracket e* it is caught by the pawl K, as shown in the right-hand end of Fig. l, and in order to allow the lever D to follow the action of its weight the tail ot' the pawl K has to be depressed so that its point releases the collar f.

vOn horse-cars where the team is to be changed from one end to the other the mechanism hereinbefore describedis duplicated, as shown in Fig. l, so that by the draft-bar E and lever-pawl D the car can be started in one and by the draft-bar E and lever-pawl D it can be started in the opposite direction. The pawls K K may be so arranged that they engage laterally with the collars, and they may be connected to the brake-spindle on either end of the car, so that whenever the driver brakes up the corresponding pawl K or K is released, and the corresponding lever- IOO pawl D or Dl is permitted to drop and to as- -sume its Working position.

1n order to prevent the draft-bar at one end ofthe car from sliding back accidentally while the team is hitched to the draft-bar at the opposite end, said draft-bar may be locked by a pin, l', Fig. 1, which is used in addition to the pawl K.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore described, of the sliding draft-bar, the double-armed lever hungon the axle which carries a ratchet-Wheel, said lever having a short arm in rear and a long arm in front of the axle, a paWl pivoted to the rear arm of said lever, the horizontal rod connected with the draft-bar, and means connecting the pawl with the said rod for throwing the pawl into e and out of gear with the ratchet-wheel ou the axle, as settorth.

2. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore described, of the draft-bar E, sliding in brackets e 6*, the lever-paw] D, having its long arm connected to the draft-bar, and car- 2 5 ryi'ng on its short arm the pawl F, the ratchet-Wheel G, mounted on the car-axle, the rod J, secured in an arm, I, fastened to the draftbar, and passing through a lug, g, projecting from the pawl, and the tappets la h* on said 3o rod J.

3. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore described, of the draft-bar E, sliding in brackets e 6*, the collarfon said draft-bar, the weighted lever-pawl D, having its long 35 arm connected Yto the draft-bar, and-carrying on its short arm the pawl F, the ratchet-wheel G, mounted on the car-axle, and the pawl K.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing Wit- 4o nesses.

EDUARD GERIG. 

